Hello.
What kind of gasoline octane rating was used by farmers in the US, let us say 1953 ? Did they use the same gas that people used on cars, or was it a lower grade fuel ?
I am asking because I have come into a little odd discussion about an engine that has about 230 cubic inches, 2000 rpm, and is said only to produce 48 horsepower, and in 1953. This sounds like a very low figure to me. I have studied car engines from around 1953, and it seems to me that 6.8:1 to 7.0:1 was a common compression ratio, and I have also looked at tractors from that time, and I have come to that unless it is a very unmodern engine that really is lacking behind in development, the engine should have more like around 60 horsepower.
Bill
What kind of gasoline octane rating was used by farmers in the US, let us say 1953 ? Did they use the same gas that people used on cars, or was it a lower grade fuel ?
I am asking because I have come into a little odd discussion about an engine that has about 230 cubic inches, 2000 rpm, and is said only to produce 48 horsepower, and in 1953. This sounds like a very low figure to me. I have studied car engines from around 1953, and it seems to me that 6.8:1 to 7.0:1 was a common compression ratio, and I have also looked at tractors from that time, and I have come to that unless it is a very unmodern engine that really is lacking behind in development, the engine should have more like around 60 horsepower.
Bill